Policy PoliceVolume II. Number 5.

Up Close and Personalised. Episode 5.

Back on the wrong side of the tracks.

She insisted on coming here – and dragging me along.

You can almost smell the hostility from people here.

They think … who knows what they think?

Kowalski?

I kinda like it.

Sounds … hard.

You gotta watch these

people….

I know. But I’m usually the one that gives

me a false name

So it’s weird.

I always reckon if you give them your name, then

they’re in charge.

They know who you are.

There’s no escape

But if they give you a false

name, it’s like, “who’s in charge

here”.

You gave meyour name.

I gave you a name.

Explains why I didn’t find any missing persons

called Chrysanthemum.

See. I knew you would.

It’s the cop in you.

I wish you’d give up on this “cop”

stuff.

Would you prefer “social worker”.

No…

Cop’s better.

Good. I met a social

worker once.

Said I was quite well

spoken… for an itinerant.

Snorrt!

Don’t even think about

saying anything.

Ah. Rosa.

I knew you’d come.

I’m too old. Too weak to be of much use now.

But you, you can come back and help the

people.

I can’t come back

now.My world is different.

So much has changed.

They only tolerate me here today cuz of you.

Too many of us abandoned

ship...

Went over to the

other side.

You could get out of this

shit-hole. Help others get out.

No!

We have to use our brains to rebuild the community.

It’s not like that. I always had to hide my

brains.

Except from you.

… …

… …

… and YOU.

Anything happens to

her …

Kof!

Kof!

Here. Take this…

Ma nephew. He’s … detained at His Majesty’s

Pleasure.

You know…

But…

Send books. He needs to read. Understand why

he’s there.

Kof!

They’ll kill you as sure as

they’d kill me.

But I’ve chosen that. Who do you choose to

pull the trigger?

These were my people, F.

The more you learn, the

further away you get.

Something like that.

You end up alone.

Or clinging to the first piece of human flotsam that floats by…

Oh… Thanks …

To be continued…